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Good evening Ms. Smith, no it is not illegal to participate in a lottery scam without having knowledge of it provided that not having knowledge of the scam is reasonable under the circumstances. To reasonably and unknowing participate in a scam makes the person a victim of the scam, not a co-conspirator or accessory.

My brother was sentenced to 1year and 1 day in federal court, i know about the 15% off for good time credit witch will be 9.5 months now out of the how much would he actually serve if he is elegible f… read more

What are my rights or could i face charges? My boyfriend (Mike) works for a small business in his spare time. The business is owned by his friend (Jeff). His friend Jeff has an uncle named (Sam). Mike… read more

hello if I provided post sentencing cooperation and already receiving a 5k1.1 motion for that but before my sentence date came about which was originally a year ago and assisted the state in a murder … read more

I know that there is no statute of limitations for sexual assault in the state of New Jersey. The sexual assault was alleged in 2010 when I was 25 years old and I was elegible for young adult sentenci… read more

I know that there is no statute of limitations for sexual assault in the state of New Jersey. The sexual assault was alleged in 2010 when I was 25 years old and I was elegible for young adult sentenci… read more

If I pled to a misdemeanor (sex abuse 2 ) in the state of alabama can Okla treat it as a falony ? The case happen in 1996 . It was dropped I had left and moved back to Okla. About 2000 for some reason… read more

Hi My neice was arrested for possesion of narcotics. My parents (her grand-parents) bonded her out instead of letting her sit in jail for 48 hours. When she went to her initial court date the judge se… read more

Hi, I am trying to have a conviction sealed in Illinois for a theft that occurred in 2003. The sentence was 1 yr of prob. but i was discharged 6 mo later [nov, 2003]. I was originally charged with 2 c… read more

I am a victim of senior abuse and exploitation. I was referred to a facility that was supposedly a ALF. I later discovered it was not licensed as such. While hospitalized, my belongings (40 years of m… read more

does a person who got convicted of 12022.53(d) 25 to life plus 5 years, could be elegible for parole? thanks god no one died, this was a self-defensed case, found not guilty on two other counts (644/1… read more

My husband is serving for an offense drug trafic (mariguana 10.000 pd ) in 1981. He was sentesed to 6 years.He is 56 years old,sick, first time offender with a clean legal record for more than 27 year… read more

i live in pennsylvania. in 1997 i was found guilty of misdemeanor posession of my own, legally registerred firearm when it was mistakenly transported out of state. i have not been arrested since. am i… read more

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